Gene Review:
TROAP - trophinin associated protein
Homo sapiens
Synonyms:
TASTIN, Tastin, Trophinin-assisting protein, Trophinin-associated protein
- Human tastin, a proline-rich cytoplasmic protein, associates with the microtubular cytoskeleton. Nadano, D., Nakayama, J., Matsuzawa, S., Sato, T.A., Matsuda, T., Fukuda, M.N. Biochem. J. (2002)
- Implantation-dependent expression of trophinin by maternal fallopian tube epithelia during tubal pregnancies: possible role of human chorionic gonadotrophin on ectopic pregnancy. Nakayama, J., Aoki, D., Suga, T., Akama, T.O., Ishizone, S., Yamaguchi, H., Imakawa, K., Nadano, D., Fazleabas, A.T., Katsuyama, T., Nozawa, S., Fukuda, M.N. Am. J. Pathol. (2003)
- Trophinin and tastin, a novel cell adhesion molecule complex with potential involvement in embryo implantation. Fukuda, M.N., Sato, T., Nakayama, J., Klier, G., Mikami, M., Aoki, D., Nozawa, S. Genes Dev. (1995)
- A cytoplasmic protein, bystin, interacts with trophinin, tastin, and cytokeratin and may be involved in trophinin-mediated cell adhesion between trophoblast and endometrial epithelial cells. Suzuki, N., Zara, J., Sato, T., Ong, E., Bakhiet, N., Oshima, R.G., Watson, K.L., Fukuda, M.N. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. (1998)
- Expression of trophinin, tastin, and bystin by trophoblast and endometrial cells in human placenta. Suzuki, N., Nakayama, J., Shih, I.M., Aoki, D., Nozawa, S., Fukuda, M.N. Biol. Reprod. (1999)
- Bystin in perineural invasion of prostate cancer. Ayala, G.E., Dai, H., Li, R., Ittmann, M., Thompson, T.C., Rowley, D., Wheeler, T.M. Prostate (2006)
- Trophinin, tastin, and bystin: a complex mediating unique attachment between trophoblastic and endometrial epithelial cells at their respective apical cell membranes. Fukuda, M.N., Nozawa, S. Semin. Reprod. Endocrinol. (1999)
- Recent molecular approaches to elucidate the mechanism of embryo implantation: trophinin, bystin, and tastin as molecules involved in the initial attachment of blastocysts to the uterus in humans. Aoki, R., Fukuda, M.N. Seminars in reproductive medicine. (2000)